Grain tank for trucks



May 27, 1.941. A. scHoLTz GRAIN TANK FOR TRUCKS Filed May 15,A 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet l 4057 a@ MW .L

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ATT'ORNEYS May 27, 1941. A. scHoLTz GRAIN TANK FOR TRUCKS 2 sheets-sheet 2 Filed May 13, 1940 nn 53h02? ATTORNEYS WITNESS Patented May 27,' 1.941

\ Git-'AIN TANK Fon TRUCKS OFFICE i f Anton Schultz, Kennewick, Wash.' Application May 13, 1940, `Serial No. 334,957 3 claims. (c1. cas-27) This invention relates to improvements in vehicle bodies and especially is concerned with av novel open tank body useful in the hauling of grain and similar divided materials which' may be stored in a hopper.

It is among the principal objects of this invention to provide a vehicle body comprising a hopper for receiving divided or' particle matey rials such as grain and the like together with means for easily and expeditiously delivering the materials upon occasion through a conveniently accessible discharge orifice.

An important advantage of the novel vehicle body according to this invention is that the discharge orifices of the hoppers can be opened and closed as occasion may require by means of conveniently located operating members located near the end or the side of the vehicle.

Noteworthy among 'the features of the novel grain tank according to the present invention are its simplicity and ruggedness of construction,

the former suiting the device to the requirements of manufacture under conditions of mass production and the latter assuring long useful life.

Other objects, advantages and features of the new and improved grain tank according to the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in this art during the/course of the following description. i

Regarded in certain of its broader aspects the novelfvehicle body according to this invention comprises a braced hopper mounted on a frame suitable for attachment to longitudinal chassis elements of a vehicle and a sliding gate remotely operable for opening and closing a downwardly directed discharge orince of said hopper.

In order to facilitate a fuller and more complete understanding of the present invention a specific embodiment thereof herein illustrated will be hereinafter described, it being clearly understood, however, that the illustrated em.

invention showing the same mounted as in use` upon a vehicle chassis,

Fig. 2 is essentially a rear elevational view of the body illustrated in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is essentially a vertical sectional view of Fig. 2 taken along the plane indicated by the line 3 3,

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view of a part of the vehicle body illustrating structural details,

Fig.v 5 is substantially a perspective view of a fragment of one of the body braces, and

Fig. 6 is substantially atop Plan view of another embodiment of 'this invention.

Referring now especially to Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive it will be noticed that the vehicle body according to this invention generally designated by the reference character I0 comprises a lower rectangular frame ll formed of angleiron in presenting spaced parallel side portions attachable by U-bolts I2 to longitudinal chassis elements one of which is designated by the reference character i3 of a vehicle Il.

Upright studs I5 rigidly connected to the frame lvl are attached at their top ends by appropriate means such as welding to spaced, radially, upwardly and outwardly extending angle iron braces- I6 which are bent at their top end por tions Ilia to present essentially parallel elements substantially asshown. An upper rectangular frame l1 rigidly mounted upon the top ends of the parallel elements I6a defines a plane disposed in spaced parallelism to the plane defined by the frame ll. Sheet material i8 applied to the braces IB and the elements ia provides a container open at the top and having discharge openings i9 and 20 located near the bottom thereof, said discharge openings being separated by an upwardly pointing prismatic partition 2i substantially as shown. Cross pieces 22 on the end studs serve further to brace and make rigid the structure.

Gates 23 and 2d sliding in guides 23a and 24a respectively, located beneath but near the discharge openings i9 and 20 above described, serve to control discharge through the openings and, for this purpose, are slidably movable to closed or open position by means of rods 25 and 26, one end of each of said rods being attached to the gates 23 and 2t respectively and the opposite mounted upon a truck or similar vehicle chassis in the manner described and that material deposited in the hopper body can be discharged through the oriiices l! and 2l controlled by the sliding plates 23 -and 24 operated by the handles 21 and 28 located near the rear or the vehicle.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 6 is adapted torelatively larger bodies than the embodiment illustrated in the nrst iive iigures of the drawings. It will be noted that this embodiment comprises an upwardly opening hopper II having a plurality oi' discharge openings 31 and 38 closed by gates 3l, 4l and 4i respectively slidingly mounted in guide ways Ila, a and lla respectively. The gates Il, 4l and 4I are operated by rods 42, Il and Il respectively, each rod being connected at one end to the corresponding gate and terminating at its opposite end in operating handles I5, 4I and 41 located near a side of the vehicle. The bracing and other structural details of this embodiment of the present inventionv resemble in detail the corresponding portions of the structure illustrated in the rst ilve ngures of the drawings and the operation oi.' this embodiment will be apparent from the description of the iirst embodiment of the invention.

It is to be understood that this invention is capable of extended application and is not conlined to the precise illustrated forms nor described construction and, therefore, such changes and modifications may be made therein as do not affect the spirit of the invention nor exceed the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the present invention, what it is desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A body adapted to be attached to longitudinal chassis frame elements oi a vehicle compris- .ing a rectangular angle iron frame having side portions spaced to be received upon and attached to said elements by appropriate means such as U- bolts and the like; spaced, radiating, upwardly and outwardly extending angle -bars rigidly mounted on said rectangular frame; plates on said bars providing an inverted truste-pyrami-- misses doidal hopper, open at top and bottom; a plate for closing the hopper bottom opening; and a rod rigidly connected at one end to said plate, slidably mounted in parts ot the rectangular frame, terminating at its free end in a handle tor facilitating opening and closing oi the hopper opening by sliding the plate to either oi' two extreme positions.

2. A body adapted to be attached to longitudinal chassis frame elements oi .a vehicle comprising a rectangular angle iron frame having at one end to said plate, slidably mounted in parts of the rectangular trame, terminating at its free end in a handle for facilitating opening and closing o f the hopper opening by sliding the plate to either of two extreme positions; and means comprising a pin receivable in openings formed in the rod vand frame for holding the plate in a selected extreme position.

3. A body adapted to be attached to the chassis frame of a vehicle, comprising a rectangular hopper i'ormed of angle iron having vertical upper portions vand converging lower ends and lined with metal to form a hopper with a. nat base, a rectangular frame of angle iron of less area than the hopper frame and of a size approximately that of the chassis frame of a vehicle and adapted to be clamped thereto by U-bolts, upwardly extending rigid studs carried by the side and end members of the lower rectangular frame and having their upper ends rigidly attached to the converging portions of the hopper angle irons, and sliding gates closing the base of the hopper.

ANTON SCHOLTZ. 

